John Kasich moves Syracuse town hall event to handle larger crowd

Updated April 8, 2016 at 8:34 AM;Posted April 7, 2016 at 11:33 AM

John Kasich

Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, delivers his State of the State address at the Peoples Bank Theatre, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Marietta, Ohio. Kasich will host a town hall meeting in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday, April 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Republican presidential candidate John Kasich will move his Syracuse town hall event on Friday to a larger space at Le Moyne College after receiving more RSVPs than anticipated.

The Kasich campaign said Thursday that the meeting will be moved from Le Moyne's Grewen Hall to the college's Campus Center to accommodate the larger crowd. The college is at 1419 Salt Springs Road.

Grewen Hall seats about 280 people. The Campus Center has a capacity for about 600 people.

Kasich's campaign did not say how many people have signed up to attend the event at 6 p.m. Friday. The town hall meeting is part of Kasich's first campaign stop in Upstate New York ahead of the state's April 19 presidential primary.

The Ohio governor's two GOP rivals -- Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz -- have not yet announced plans for campaign stops in the Syracuse area.

Kasich has moved into second place behind Trump in New York and Maryland in two new polls released this week.